100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time was a five part mini-series produced by the American television network Comedy Central, which aired from April 12 to April 16, 2004. The special showed clips from 20 esteemed comedians each night and included a round table panel with five comedians. Some critics believe this list is biased towards modern comedians or American comedians, overly politically correct, and/or aimed to sell Comedy Central DVDs. The narrator was Richard Belzer.

The top comic named was Richard Pryor, who died a year later.

Panelists

Dom Irrera

Judy Gold

Greg Giraldo

Mario Joyner

David Brenner

Pat Cooper

Phyllis Diller

Richard Jeni

Richard Lewis

Complete list

1. Richard Pryor

2. George Carlin

3. Lenny Bruce

4. Woody Allen

5. Chris Rock

6. Steve Martin

7. Rodney Dangerfield

8. Bill Cosby

9. Roseanne Barr

10. Eddie Murphy

11. Johnny Carson

12. Jerry Seinfeld

13. Robin Williams

14. Bob Newhart

15. David Letterman

16. Ellen DeGeneres

17. Don Rickles

18. Jonathan Winters

19. Bill Hicks

20. Sam Kinison

21. Dennis Miller

22. Robert Klein

23. Steven Wright

24. Redd Foxx

25. Bob Hope

26. Ray Romano

27. Jay Leno

28. Jack Benny

29. Milton Berle

30. Garry Shandling

31. George Burns

32. Albert Brooks

33. Andy Kaufman

34. Buddy Hackett

35. Phyllis Diller

36. Jim Carrey

37. Martin Lawrence

38. Bill Maher

39. Billy Crystal

40. Mort Sahl

41. Jon Stewart

42. Flip Wilson

43. Dave Chappelle

44. Joan Rivers

45. Richard Lewis

46. Adam Sandler

47. Henny Youngman

48. Tim Allen

49. Freddie Prinze

50. Denis Leary

51. Lewis Black

52. Damon Wayans

53. David Brenner

54. DL Hughley

55. Alan King

56. Colin Quinn

57. Richard Jeni

58. Larry Miller

59. Gilbert Gottfried

60. Jeff Foxworthy

61. Bobcat Goldthwait

62. Eddie Griffin

63. Jackie Mason

64. Richard Belzer

65. Cedric the Entertainer

66. Shelley Berman

67. Kevin Pollak

68. Dave Attell

69. Pat Cooper

70. Wanda Sykes

71. Red Buttons

72. Bernie Mac

73. Billy Connolly

74. Paul Rodriguez

75. Eddie Izzard

76. Robert Schimmel

77. Paul Reiser

78. Sinbad

79. Dom Irrera

80. Bobby Slayton

81. Dick Gregory

82. Howie Mandel

83. Norm MacDonald

84. Drew Carey

85. David Cross

86. Jay Mohr

87. Brett Butler

88. Paula Poundstone

89. Kevin James

90. Dana Carvey

91. Jim Breuer

92. Louie Anderson

93. George Wallace

94. David Alan Grier

95. Andrew Dice Clay

96. Joey Bishop

97. Sandra Bernhard

98. Louis CK

99. Janeane Garofalo

100. Gallagher

See also

The Comedian's Comedian

List of stand-up comedians

Sources

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1532323

http://humor.about.com/b/a/078274.htm

http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.18481